Biology · Gastrointestinal Procedures
A patient is scheduled for a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube insertion. Which statement best describes the correct method of PEG tube placement?
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- 1A tube is inserted through the nose using an endoscope and advanced into the stomach.
- 2An endoscope is passed through the mouth to identify the site inside the stomach, and a gastrostomy tube is pulled or pushed through a small abdominal incision via a guidewire.✓
- 3A feeding tube is guided directly into the jejunum through an enteroscope.
- 4The tube is placed completely blindly into the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.
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An endoscope is passed through the mouth to identify the site inside the stomach, and a gastrostomy tube is pulled or pushed through a small abdominal incision via a guidewire.
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